USPTO Patents Application 10551504

United States Patent and Trademark Ofhce

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office

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APPLICATION NO.

FILING DATE

FIRST NAMED INVENTOR

ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.

CONFIRMATION NO.

10/551,504

05/12/2006

Hiroynki Tsunoda

14875- 153US

8020

C1-A0320Y2P-U

26161 7590 09/02/2010

nSH & RICHARDSON PC

P.O. BOX 1022

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440-1022

EXAMINER

SHAFER, SHULAMITH H

PAPER NUMBER

1647

NOTIFICATION DATE

DELIVERY MODE

09/02/2010

ELECTRONIC

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.

Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
following e-mail address(es):

PATDOCTC@fr.com

PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)

Response to Rule 312 Communication

Application No. Applicant(s)

10/551,504 TSUNODAETAL.

Examiner Art Unit

SHUUMVIITH H. SHAFER 1647

~ The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -

1. IHI The amendment filed on 20 August 2010 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:

a) IHI entered.

b) O entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.

c) □ disapproved because the amendment was filed after the payment of the issue fee.

Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompanied by a petition under 37 CFR 1.31 3(c)(1 )
and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.

d) G disapproved. See explanation below.

e) O entered in part. See explanation below.

/Shulamith H. Shafer/
Examiner, Art Unit 1647

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

PTOL-271 (Rev. 04-01) Reponse to Rule 312 Communication Part of Paper No. 20100830